Rocky film review - Radio Times

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Rocky

(1976)

Dusting down the classic Hollywood story of the little man winning big, this triple-Oscar-winning boxing drama is shot through with genuine impassioned commitment, born of the fact that Sylvester Stallone realised that this was his best hope of stardom. The notion, then, of success hanging by a thread unites both the character of boxer Rocky Balboa and of Stallone himself. Stallone, in fact, is highly convincing as a mumbling Philadelphia no-hoper who makes the most of his opportunities and ends up having a crack at the loquacious heavyweight champion of the world, Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers, by way of Muhammad Ali). Sly also wrote the script and was rewarded with Oscar nominations for both acting and writing. JM

Contains violence, swearing.

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Running time

114mins

Country of origin

Genre

Boxing Drama

Original language

English

Screenplay

Sylvester Stallone

Theatrical distributor

Pathe Pictures Ltd

UK cinema certificate




awards information


	Award	Category	Name	Nominee/Winner

	Academy 1976	Actor in a Leading Role	Sylvester Stallone	Nominee
	Academy 1976	Actor in a Supporting Role	Burgess Meredith	Nominee
	Academy 1976	Actor in a Supporting Role	Burt Young	Nominee
	Academy 1976	Actress in a Leading Role	Talia Shire	Nominee
	Academy 1976	Best Picture		Winner
	Academy 1976	Directing	John G Avildsen	Winner
	Academy 1976	Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen based on factual material or on story material not previously published or produced)	Sylvester Stallone	Nominee
	BAFTA 1977	Best Actor	Sylvester Stallone	Nominee
	BAFTA 1977	Best Director	John G Avildsen	Nominee
	BAFTA 1977	Best Film		Nominee
	BAFTA 1977	Best Screenplay	Sylvester Stallone	Nominee
	Golden Globe 1976	Best Motion Picture Drama		Winner